2. Explain the theory of Copernicus. A. The Earth moves around the Sun every 24 hours and the Earth rotates on its axis once every year. B. The Earth moves around the Moon. C. The Sun moves around the Earth once a year. D. The Sun moves around the Earth once every 24 hours. E. The Earth moves around the Sun in a year and the Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours. 3. Determine if the following statements are True or False. a. Galileo used the scientific method to conduct experiments. b. Vesalius is often called ‘the father of human anatomy’ because he used to be a doctor. c. Copernicus believed that the Earth revolves around the Sun. 4. Evaluate what the careers of Galileo Galilei and Andreas Vesalius reveal about the role of the Church in scientific discovery during the Renaissance. 5. _____ was an Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician, philosopher and inventor.
ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Read SOURCE2 .
a. Identify the skills Leonardo is offering to the Duke of Milan. b. Infer what these skills reveal about the needs of the duke.
7. Demonstrate how SOURCES3 and 4 support the claim that Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker. 8. Study SOURCE4 . Explain why Vesalius was able to depict the human skeleton so accurately and why it had been difficult to create accurate anatomical drawings before his time. 9. Analyse the significance of Copernicus’s theories for our understanding of astronomy. EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 10. Examine SOURCES1 and 5 . Evaluate the extent to which the work of Andreas Vesalius and Galileo Galilei used the scientific method, which bases theories on observations and experiments. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
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